Discussion: This skeleton was in fair condition generally except the skull was crushed before excavation and broke apart when we tried to remove it in a block. Like the skeleton in F.153 the tibia are cut by the baulk. We left them in for removal later. The skeleton shows signs of a high degree of post depositional disturbance. Some of the ribs were poking out of the profile, 5-10 cm above the rest of the skeleton and 15-20 cm out of place. Rodents are the most likely cause of this although we haven't seen obvious rodent holes in the cut. The burial appears to have slumped down into the midden below a couple of cm's particularly in the central part of the body. Excavation of the lower part of the burial (east of the baulk) produced a few foot bones, as well as a clear rodent hole.
08/10/98 - During excavation in the baulk we encountered a ring (a toe ring?). It is green, could be copper or bone. It was marked as X1 in the fill (2235). As well as X2 a circular iron object.
The section of the skeleton under the baulk was excavated in '98. Some more bones were recovered along with 2 rings and a nail. The bones were mostly of the left leg and the feet. We have almost the whole lower left leg and left foot. No ther toes were found.
The bones were in a very fragile condition and some of them fragmented on removal.
X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 0; Target A - Y: 0; Target B - X: 0; Target B - Y: 0; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0
Body: Extended. Head to the West and feet to the East. Lying supine.
Head: Head is looking straight with its chin up on its chest.
Right Arm: Extended alongside body.
Left Arm: Extended alongside body.
Right Leg: Extended. Lower leg and foot is mostly under the baulk.
Left Leg: Extended. Lower leg and foot is mostly under the baulk.
Other comments: Most of the ribs are displaced. There are two ribs on the southern wall of the cut and on the side of the left leg.
Surface Modifications:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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Finds Room Information:
All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.
X Finds Material: nothing recorded
Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded
Lab Team Data
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 25
Unit description: A small unit with no diagnostics except some human bones (a rib end, third phalanx from hand, carpal, possible long bone fragment and a few other indeterminate - to me at least - pieces). Human bones have been passed on. Otherwise the unit consists of a few 03 and 07 size long bones, an 07 pelvis fragment, an 03 skull fragment, mandible fragment and tooth fragment. Rest is indeterminate with fresh breaks. The old breaks show pieces at least 3 cm long, with surfaces at stage 3. Nothing is burnt. In general, this is a scrappy mixed collection that is difficult to interpret (and there is no unit sheet to give context) but seems to have been buried relatively fast, since it's not very weathered/rolled. NR 2009: A few more pieces returned from human remains, indicating this is burial fill.Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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